TY - GEN
T1 - TOWARDS THE SEPARATION OF MALARIA INFECTED RED BLOOD CELLS USING LOW-COST MICROFLUIDICS
AU - Thorne, Nicolas
AU - Flores-Olazo, Luis
AU - Valdivia-Silva, Julio
AU - van Noort, Danny
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - To step up the diagnosis of malaria in remote areas of the Amazon in Peru, our group has started to develop low-cost inertial microfluidic devices, fabricated using standard 3D printers. Initial results show a 1-step separation of 7 and 10 μm beads at a 40% and 84% separation rate, while red blood cells were separated at 40%. Our goal is to perform multi-step separation of patients' blood, followed by diagnosis using an impedance analyser to detect Plasmodium infected red blood cells which can be utilised in remote clinics.
AB - To step up the diagnosis of malaria in remote areas of the Amazon in Peru, our group has started to develop low-cost inertial microfluidic devices, fabricated using standard 3D printers. Initial results show a 1-step separation of 7 and 10 μm beads at a 40% and 84% separation rate, while red blood cells were separated at 40%. Our goal is to perform multi-step separation of patients' blood, followed by diagnosis using an impedance analyser to detect Plasmodium infected red blood cells which can be utilised in remote clinics.
KW - 3D printing
KW - Plasmodium spp
KW - low-cost microfluidics
KW - malaria
KW - red blood cells
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85136964075
T3 - MicroTAS 2021 - 25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
SP - 1195
EP - 1196
BT - MicroTAS 2021 - 25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
PB - Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society
T2 - 25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2021
Y2 - 10 October 2021 through 14 October 2021
ER -